Incontinence pads

I have had experience of care homes with my late Mother, fortunately she was never incontinent but her clothes going missing in the laundry was a bug bear even though we had labelled everything. Also I worked with the elderly in a private setting but if any of our clients needed pads the District Nurse arranged free pads delivered monthly. In a care home setting these should be supplied by the home. After all the fees are exhorbitant.

Whilst waiting for the same for my mum, we got the pants not the pads, the Aldi/lidl ones were good. And the care home never had a problem with them

Try age UK incontinence shop. They have a wide range of most makes and delivery is usually next day. This will help until you can get it sorted with GP.

My mother in law received them free from day one at care home. X

Several relatives have bought incontinence pants from Aldi and been pleased with them. My neighbour buys the pants from Aldi for her husband and I get her Abrisoft pads from Amazon for her husband to lie on as an additional measure in bed.

My brother in law gets his products on prescription following an assessment.

If you need them for 6 month, you should go onto sites which supply for care homes and buy them in bulk, it is much cheaper this way. My Mum used Incontinence pants after Tena Lady were not enough; she used Boots own range. We also used pads with net pants which the homes seem to prefer. We used to buy them from HARTMANN Direct or AgeUkIncontinence. I used to see who was cheapest because it is quite an expense. Mum had to be referred to the Incontinence Clinic to be assessed and they prescribed pads directly. Now she's in a home, they deal with that side of things.
It is quite normal for people who are paying for care in a home to provide their own pads if they haven't been prescribed.

That's awful,have you thought of getting in touch with the care quality commission? You can find them on Google,

You buy the night pads (which are essentially an adult nappy) from mobility shops. You can order them online and have them sent to you to take into Mum, I used to do this. But make sure you leave a BIG note to tell the night staff that they are only to be used on your mum and not the other residents as I found my mothers were running out extremely fast at one point and then found I was supply all the other residents until I had a right go at the matron!

Peaches7

That's awful,have you thought of getting in touch with the care quality commission? You can find them on Google,

They won't do anything. This is the system and there is little you can do about it. The Care Quality Commission don't even do anything about Safeguarding Breeches most of the time, they are quite toothless.

I am sorry you are facing this. Is your mum in a care home or a nursing home because if she is in a nursing home, the fees she pays cover all medical equipment and incontinence pads so you should net be paying for anything.

I worked in the NHS for 25 years and dealt with care homes and nursing homes and believe you me, nursing homes were the worst to deal with as they tried all the tricks in the book to get freebies when in fact the residents were already paying for medical equipment. Care homes can get help from the NHS but Nursing homes cannot, they have to provide every piece of medical equipment required for their residents as that is why residents pay more money.

Mum is in a care home. Believe me it was a difficult decision and wasn’t taken lightly but after 10 hospital admissions and aged 92 she was no longer safe at home.
No one wants to go into a care home but they aren’t what they used to be, mum has a lovely room her own bathroom tv etc. lots of activities going on all day if you wish to join in or not. Very good food, it’ll take a while but she’s getting used to it slowly.
Mum has 8 packets of high absorbent tena pads left over from the free NHS incontinence service so is managing with doubling up at night, she only needs one during the day as can change regularly.
I’m waiting to see the care home Dr as the NHS incontinence service can’t change her prescription without seeing a health advisor first.
At least now, i know with your help there are plenty of options out there to buy if needs be. Thank you.

I’ve seen the pad delivery arrive at a care home - a huge amount! Surely they can supply your mum until her own order arrives.

We've always had to pay for pads or get them provided even in a nursing home.

The nursing home my husband was in provided his pads. When he returned home I contacted the incontinence nurse directly via SPA (Single Point of Access, unsure if you have this service in your area). Pads were ordered & received quickly. Hope you get sorted soon.

the incontinence pads I buy from Amazon for myself are their cheapest which seem to me to be as absorbent as the very large ones that they gave me during my recent stay in the hospital, Sorry I can't tell you the name of the pads I get from Amazon as I take the outer wrapping off a lot of stuff I buy , for convenience.

However the ones I got from the hospital came with net knickers to hold them up. This style needs no secure knickers, and the nets if they get wetted are still quite comfortable,

I am an Unpaid Carer. Husband has Severe Aphasia, so he can,t speak and I can't see.

Gossamerbeynon1945

I am an Unpaid Carer. Husband has Severe Aphasia, so he can,t speak and I can't see.

There is a good forum called Carers UK. You may get more help on there.

Age UK or a GP should put anyone needing free NHS pads in a private residence in touch with a local Continence Clinic or Frailty Nurse. The pads provided are large and delivered to your home.